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Recipes for Change: Healthy Food in Every Community

Publisher: Prevention Institute

Author(s): Shak, Linda, MSW, Mikkelsen, Leslie, MPH, RD, Chehimi, Sana, MPH

Published Date: 2010

Document Type: Report

Format: Electronic

Free of Cost: Yes

This report outlines organizational practices and public policies to expand access to healthy foods in support of healthy eating and better overall health. Information included in this report is based on key informant interviews with practitioners and advocates working on various aspects of the food system, augmented through scans of major policy and research reports. The report is part of a larger effort to identify high-impact approaches that will help achieve the vision of healthy people in healthy places. Key audiences for this report include community leaders, funders, practitioners, and advocates interested in an overarching strategy to promote healthy eating and active living.

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Growing Food Connections Topic(s): community food connections

Main Food Topics: agriculture, agriculture preservation, food access, food assistance, food availability, food distribution, food marketing, food processing, food procurement, food production, food retail, food security, food system

Sub Food Topics: Affordability, agricultural practices, buy local, community garden, community supported agriculture, corner store or bodega, culturally appropriate foods, farm, farm to school, farmers market, fast-food, food infrastructure, food stamps, fruit, grocery store, liquor store, living wage, low-income, mobile market, people of color, produce, restaurant, SNAP, supermarket, transportation, underserved population(s), value-added, vegetables, vulnerable population(s), WIC

Public Policy Topics: Funds and grants, Plans, Programs, Public investment

Geographic Scale: Nation, Neighborhood, Region, State/province, Urban

Addresses food security needs of underserved populations: Yes